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. fUBUSHID AT . WILMINGTON. N. C, 00 A YEAR. INIADVANCE. $1 888888888S888888S 8SSeS882?8Sg tiinoM St 88838888888888888 888888888888i88i8 i inoW g 88888888888888888 82888888282888883 888888828888888 H1U0 I 0aO-W'DtflOg 82885882288888888 88883888888888888 w u ' a. n Ot 0 1 IO 4D H OD Ok O CO IO En'"01' at the Post Office atWilmtgton. N. C, Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION jPRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star is a follows: ..I . Sincle Copy 1 year, postage paid ........... $1 00 , 60 , 80 6 months 3 months WHAT HAS THE SOUTH TO GAIN?, The Omaha convention nominated for Vice President Gen. "James G. Field, of Virginia. This was done, of course, to give the Iparty abetter footing in the South, and was a bid for Southern support. I This was all right as far as it goes, but it it had done the square thing that conven tion would; have taken its Presi dential candidate from! the South and its Vice Presidential candidate from the West, for it really expects more tromthe South and is counting more upon it than it ,'is upon the West. This is not; much to count upon, it isi true, and does not hold oat any very fascinating prospect of success, but in keeping with the -fitness of things when they were; dividing their "honors" they should' have properly recognized the section on which they were placing their dependence. As a matter of fact, Kansas is the only State north of the dividing line in which the Peoole's party, unless it forms combinations with other par ties, can make a respectable show ing. ' ". I Third party men make the mistake of believing that because in 1890 there was a political revolution.caused In great part by the votes of Alliance men, these same men will sup port the ticket of , the I hird party Thev were never more mistaken in their lives for those votes were pro tests against the monstrous McKin- ley tariff and the extravagance of the 51st Congress. The men who cast Ihem mere not voting for the vagaries sad impossibilities embraced in the Third party platform adopted at St. Louis and accepted by the Omaha convention. j v c . Of all the great delusions ever in vented to mislead people presurried to be blessed with ordinary intelli gence, that was one, and the marvel is that any body of intelligent men could be found to base hopes of per manent benefit to themselves if that party 'were successful and the de mands of its platform became the established policy of the Govern ments. .1 It bids for the support of South ern farmers, and other toilers in the South, but especially! of Southern farmers. But what is there in the platform in which Southern farmers are really interested? Of the three planks, land, finances and transpor tation they haven't a scintilla of in terest in the first, they have but lit tie interest in the second, and the third would prove a calamity instead of a benefit, that Is if it were practi cable, which it is not. i What difference does it make to Southern farmers who! expect to re main in the South whether the Government lands be retained for .actual settlers or not.' While we and thousands of other people who have no connection iwith the Third party believe they should be so re tained, because that was the inten tion of the founders of the Govern raent, it is yet a matter of fact that the greater part of them will become the homesteads of thousands of immigrants, who are seeking these shores so that really Ameri can farmers, North or South, have but little interest in tnem. There is land enough in the South tor all the people who are in the South for generations to come, , As to the finances, the Southern farmer has not muchinterest in that demand, for while the present mons trous system of tariff robbery con .tinues whether the per xapita circula tion be $24, as now, I or $50, as de manded, he would be very little, if any, better off. Very little more of the $50' than of the! $24 would get into his hands, and after it got there t wouldn't remain much longer. It ould go just as his money is now 01ng to pay tariff tribute t0 the protected manufacturers of tle North and pension tributes to . c "-soldiers and pension agentsr mansion ot the currency wouia 00 good, but to do permanent good it . - . "ist be accompanied! by a reduction of the tariff. m. ne transportation plank is one in "- uie southern tanner has no Merest whatever, but from which he ught to get away asl far as possible, oauuiea upon him it.would De a crse of the first magnitude to him Jti to the South. Take that out of tne platform and the essence is squeezed out of it. Of all the parties r VOL. XXIII. that ever appealed for popular sup port this comes the nearest to being nothing: We are again sending out, bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they, 'will respond promptly with the cash. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it'. WOULD IT? We clip the following from the last issue of the Progressive Farmer: "Some are uneasy, or appear to be so. about the force bill, and . they try to create unnecessary alarm on that score. They say the Republicans could count the votes if the force bill was"put in operation. We don't know what they might try to do, out .we ao Know that the Constitution of ' the United States "would have to be changed in order to carry out that programme. ' - : 'As it is, the Democrats count the votes in the South, the Republicans in the North. It is a sorry spectacle if the great issue shall be who will count ,the votes. . The indications are that it r will take both old parties four years at least to count the People's party vote that will be cast this fall. New England Democrats are the in stigators of the latest batch on the Force bill. Cleveland belongs to that crowd. The South and West will settle his and Harrison's Force bill proclivities in No vember. It an editorial like this appeared in a little cross roads sheet, it might pass '.unnoticed, but coming from a iournal which claims to speak for a great constituency, it commands at tention, first for the astonishing sim plicity which inspired the first para graph, and next, the bald-faced mis representation that inspired the rest of it. There is no occasion to be alarmed about the Force bill, because "the Constitution of the United States would have to be changed before that programme could be carried out." 'The idea the writer meant to convey is, we presume, that force bills are unconstitutional, and there fore the Constitution would have to be changed before such measures could become operative! If this be what he is correct in meant,' the writer the assumption that unconstitutional, but such bills are whoever heard of the Republican party respecting the Constitution when it stood in the way of any measure - which it originated and to which it attached auy importance ? Was the Constitution changed when the Republican party made war on ten sovereign States to com pel them to remain in a. Union from which they desired to withdraw? Was the Constitution changed when the system of reconstruction was adopted after the war to Repub Hcanize the South? Was the Constitution changed when Southern States were refused representation in Congress by party which declared that they had never been out of the Union, because they had no right to go out ? Was J,he Constitution changed when the Southern slaves were eman cipated, including the slaves in the States which had not seceded as well as those which had, and the slaves of the "loyal" man as well as of the "disloyal"? . Was the Constitution changed when these emancipated slaves were enfranchised and ballots put into their hands to give the Republican party a following in the South ? Was the Constitution changed when under military supervision these same enfranchised slaves voted on the Constitutional amendment that made them voters? Was the Constitution changed when thousands of the masters of these enfranchised . slaves were dis f ranchised and couldn't put a ballot into the box that they did? Was the Constitution changed when the powers at Washington during the war printed stacks of paper, called it money, declared it a legal tender and compelled people to take it whether they liked it or not? Was the ' Constitution changed when these same powers at Wash ington established the national bank system and to give them the monopoly of the money issuing and money lending business destroyed the State banks by taxing their is sues out of existence ? Was the Constitution changed when the ; Republican Congress adopted a tariff policy with protec tion as the leading feature and revenue subordinate? Was the Constitution changed when a Republican Congress de monetized silver and thereby made it a mere merchantable commodity like lead, or copper, or iron,, or wheat, or corn, or oats? We might extend these inquiries indefinitely, for if the Republican party has been conspicuous for any thing in its existence of thirty-odd years, it has been tor its supreme It i ' j contempt for the Constitution of the United States, and certain parts of the decalogue. Oh, no. It will not stop to ask any questions about the Constitution if it has the power to pass a Force bill.. - The second paragraph is notable for the allegation that the Demo crats of the South "count" the votes, the inference being that they count those to which they are not entitled, which is a grat uitous fling at the South, and the very plea put forward by the Force bill advocates to jus tify that arbitrary and revolutionary measure. - - The third is a shameful misrepre sentation, which couples Grover Cleveland's name with that of Ben' jamin Harrison as a man with "Force bill proclivities," which could only have been -inspired , by a spirit of de liberate and malicious trickery, or by glaring ignorance of the man and his record :neiiher of which does credit to a journal which professes to be honest, and to know whereof : it speaks. J " .. " A considerable uumber of subscri bers to the Weekly Star have re cently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star; - - This is a capital idea in all cases where the paper will reach subscribers- 'three : times r ofteoer; every week. j We have many subscribers to the Daily who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily and keep posted during the campaign: Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. nnroE mention. While the locked-out workmen at Carnegie Homestead works will gain nothing by the bloodshed in the con flicts with the Pinkerton forcet it will not be without its good effects, for by it the hiring of these bands of armed men has been brought so prominently before the attention of the the country that some action to prevent it in the future will surely be taken. Employers of workmen should be compelled to look to the municipal, county and State authori ties tor protection to their pro perty, just as other people are. and they should not be con ceded the right to send to other States and from the large cities draw armed bands of desperate men to protect their property when threat ened with assault. The Carnegie company in this whole unfortunate and finally tragic business seemed to act independently of the local or State authorities, as if they were able to take care of them jelves and ''didn't ask any odds of the workmen or of the authorities. Some one is re sponsible for the lives lost and the blood shed and it is not the work men. Now that these lives have been lost the matter stands where it was before the Pinkertons came and departed, with some experience. The employers will triumph in the end, and the workmen will have to go back to work for the wages offered, if the employers consent to employ them, or seek employment some where else. But however this dis pute may be settled the Pinkerton question should be settled for good. Kentucky has led the way by pass ing a law prohibiting the Pinkerton men from entering or passing through that State, in which she should be followed by every other State, and the laws under which the Pinkertons are authorized to act as an armed force, if there be such laws, should be repealed at the earliest possible day. Until recently the New York Ad vertiser was an independent paper but is now in fact a Republican paper and is doing its best to elect Mr. Harrison President. It goes so far in its zeal as to mairectiy endorse the Force bill, and urges working men to vote for the party that favors on the ground that by so doing they are voting to strengthen and protect themselves from oppression by their employers. In discussing the fact that negro labor is cheaper in the South than in North, which it attributes to the lak of ; organiza tion amongst the negro laborers, which it alleges is the result of the refusal to recognize - the political rights of the negro it says: "Organizers of Labor at the North may as well recognize the fact that oppres sion of any manual laborer, North or South, black or white, is oppression of all. Wages will find their level within the limits of this country, no matter how high is the Protection dike that cuts us off from the pauper conditions ot J rope. "this reflection nas a aeep signin cance to the workingmen who propose to vote in a doubtful State in Novem ber. One issue of this campaign is hu man equality in civil and political rights before the law. One party is flatly ar rayed against such equality. And, yet. so much more ready are human beings to yield to prejudice than to reason, that we fear the bulk ot the Labor vote will go. as it has gone in the past, to this party of inequality. If it does not, then the party of inequality is forever fallen. ;. The Advertiser shows a good deal of cunning in this style ot appeal, but don t seem to be very sanguine of success. Yet there are men North and South who have, or profess to have, no fears of the Force bill, al though the Republican party is for it, Mr. Harrison accepts the issue and the organs, some of which mas querade in independent disguise, en dorse and advocate it. The New York Herald remarks that "the brutality of English elec tor is shocking. They often beat a candidate so that he is, laid up for days." In this country we beat some of them so as to lay them up until the next election and sometimes so bad that they are never heard of af terwards. Weekly WILMINGTON, N. 0. A considerable number of sub scribers to the Weekly - Star have recently changed their, subscriptions to the Daily Star.. This is a capital idea in all cases where the paper will reach subscri bers three times or-oftener every week. : We have a good many sub scribers to the Daily who can only i get the paper twice a week; Try the Daily and keep posted during the' campaign. Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. Street begging pays in some of the Northern cities.- One beggar, a woman, i was - arrested in rhtiadei- phia a few days ago who had in her pockets j certificates of ' : deposit amounting to $2,000. It ' is not stated how many houses and lots she owned. ' ,' We are again sending .-out bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash. It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. HOMICIDE AT MOUNT HOLLY. Josh StiUwell, MUlor, Shot and Killed by a Town Marshal. Special Star Telegram. ' Mount Holly, N. C, July 8. Josh. ill well, a well known miller of this place, aged 48 years, was shot through the heart and instantly killed at one o'clock this afternoon by Edgar A. Fichte, a young jeweller of this place. Night before last P. Riggans, the town marshal, while drunk, brutally beat his wife and five children. Yesterday he was ai rested and locked up in the guard house; in default of bond. Last night Stillwell (and it is said others with him) went to the guard house, broke the lock and liberated Riggans. Soon after wards, acting marshals Frank Under wood and Edgar Fichte arrested Still- well. He swore vengeance against them, and at noon to-day, Stillwell, who was hunting a bondsman, made a break for liberty.! He locked himself in Jen kins' mill with which he was connected. and bid in a wheat-box. Mayor A. P. Lentz, with Underwood and Fichte, forced open the door of. the mill and be gan a search for him. When found, he advanced on Fichte with his hand in his pocket, swearing be would fix him. Fichte retreated as far as he could go. warning Stillwell not : to crowd him. Stillwell continued to advance, Fichte fired, and Stillwell fell dead. Fichte as sisted in getting his body down to the floor of the mill and surrendered to the mayor. - Directors of tLe IT. O. Railroad Appointed. Gov. Holt has appointed the following Directors of the North Carolina Rail' road for a term ot one year, or until the annual meeting in 1883: Capt. A. Bur- well, Col. John L. Morehead, Theodore F. Kluttz, Dr. R. W. Thomas. M. A" Angier, W. H. Pace. Gen. R. F. Hoke, Donald MacRae. State's proxy. Armis- tead Jones, Esq. . , SHELBY RATIFIES. An Enthusiastic Democratic: Meeting Frank I. Osborne Address the Assem blage, i fSpsctal Star Telegram.! Shelby, N. C, July 9. Enthusiastic Democratic ratification meeting was held in the court house to-night. George A. Frick was elected chairman and J. C Tipton and W. H. Miller secretaries. R. L. Rybern introduced resolutions endorsing i the Democratic nominees State and national. The resolutions were enthusiastically adopted after which Hon. Frank I. Osborne, nominee for Attorney General, made a telling arraignment of the Republican and Third parties, and a strong plea for Democratic triumph. ' Major R. B. Miller . was called upon and made a few remarks, after which the meeting ad journed, f Frick. PENDER AND BLADEN. Crop Prospects Heavy Rain Fishing in ; Colly SliU Fond A Panther Cat. Star Correspondence. Wootkn, N. d July 8. Editor Star: Dear Sir: Your correspondent has had the pleasure of visiting portions of Pender and Bladen counties, in which he lound very tine crops, tie spent a day in company with Mr. Geo. Corbett and Sam. Tasper, fishing in Colly mill pond. This pond is four or five miles long, and from a quarter to a half 'mile wide. This is decidedly the best place for fish that I ever saw. Messrs. Corbett and J. R. Thomas caught as many as we wanteds i the neighDornood ot cony is some what remarkable. The farmers don't take much stock in cotton, and I am told by a reliable person that there was not a white man (farmer) who nas -an account with his merchant, but bought sttictly for cash. These are the folks who have got the ready cash. After snendine a lew days with Kev, "F. T. Wooten I left for Kelly's, N. C, where we also found everything lively. The good . people of this section held their annual Sunday School picnic on the second ot fuly; l here was an able address delivered by Dr. jLucas on the work of Sunday Schools which, was ably discussed. : There is somewhat of an excitement going on in this part of the moral vine yard. Mr. R. O. Allen was coming from a near neignoor s nouse on one night last week and was attacked by some large strange animal, supposed to be a panther cat. We suppose after dis covering that it was notssale for him to remain he decided to use a little better speed and got home without delay. There was the hardest rainfall here on Mondav evening last that we have seen in several years. All farm work is at a standstill. Corn is washed up badly and I am afraid that, cotton is injured. There is considerable typhoid fever in this part of the country - among the nesrroes: have heard of several deaths. : Since the law was passed prohibiting seininsr in the Waccamaw river and its tributaries, there have been more fish caught in those waters than for several years past. &. c W. FRIDAYV JULY 15, 1892. 8TATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE- The Meeting in Raleigh, Hon. F. M. Sim mon Elected Chairman. The Raleigh bapers of yesterday-give the; proceedings of - the meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee. There were thirty-eight members of the committee present and theproceedings were hatmonious.1 The outlook for the success of the Democratic party in the State was regarded as most encouraging. There is every indication of a determina tion .to elect Cleveland and Carr in North Carolina by a large majority. '. An election of a chairman comine ud Gen. W. P. Roberts nominated Mr. Ed.' I Chambers Smith to succeed himself. Mr. Smith was unanimously re-elect ed, and upon being notified of the fact, appeared before the committee and ex pressed his appreciation of the honor and his inability ;to accept the position again. ; He thanked the v committee warmly, and assured them that his best endeavors would be given always to ad vance, the interests of the party and the cause ol Democratic success. The following resolution . was 1 then passed : , i Resolved, That the committee extend to E. C. Smith. Esq., its thanks for the valuable services I he has rendered the Democratic party; in the conduct of its affairs. I Hon. F. M. Simmons, of Newbern. was then unanimously elected chairman. and the election of a secretary was re ferred to the Central Committee with power to act. I - In the Third district Mr. Frank Thompson was elected to fill the vacan cy caused by the resignation of Dr. Cy rus Ihompson as a member ot the com mittee, and Mr. A! D. McGill to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hi A. Mcbwain, also of the Third district. In the Fourth district Hon. C. M. Cooke was elected in place of J. C. Neal. re signed, and J. H.iPou to succeed J. I. Young, Mr. Young being elected a mem- ner ot tne central committee. RAILROAD COMMISSION NEWS. Raleigh Chronicle:, The Railway Com mission recently, upon complaint as to the condition of the track of the Murphy division of the Western North Carolina railway, notified the president of the same that improvements must be made. Notice ha been received from General Agent Ai B. Andrews that 500 tons of steel rails have been secured and will be at once placed on the road. ' Complaint was made by citizens of Charlotte in regard to the bad sche dules of passenger trains between Wil mington and Rutherfordton. The com mission notified general manager Win der of the Seaboard Air Line to furnish the relief desired. I The attention of the commission was called to the failure of the Wilmington and Weldon railway to list for taxation with the list-taker of New Hanover county nearly -nine hundred thousand dollars of personal property, which the -road listed last year. Notice was issued to President Elliott of that road falling for the reason of this failure to list. Complaint having been made by ship pers of melons in the eastern part of the State that the rates on the Wilmington and- Weldon and Atlantic and North Carolina railways were excessive, the commission has had a new rate made by the road which proves satisfactory to shippers. The old rate was 80 cents to $1.80 a crate ; the new one is 50 to 70 cents. In the matter of the complaint of Crawley against i the Carolina Central railway that the station accommodations at Bladenboro were insufficient, the ac tion has been dismissed, the railway having redressed the grievance. Onslow Democrats! Citizens of Jacksonville, Onslow coun ty, have organized a Cleveland and Carr Democratic Club.j It is in a flourishing condition, new members being added every day. . Mr. Frank Thompson, of Jacksonville is prsident of the organiza tion. A prominent gentleman of that county told a Star reporter that a month or two ago there were over three hundred Third party men in the county. but the number lis becoming smaller every day. The straightout Democrats are enthusiastic over the nomination of Cleveland and Stevenson for the Na tional ticket, and Carr for Governor. Naval Stores Beoe&ts. ' Receipts of naval stores at Wilming ton from April list to July 8th, 1892, show a decrease as compared with re ceipts for the same uime last year in spirits turpentine I and rosin. Of spirits turpentine, the receipts so far this sea son are 18,799 casks, against 19,311 to same date last, year; rosin, 59,221 barrels, against 74,758 last year; crude turpen tine 4,665 barrels,!against 4,763 last year. In tar there has I been an increase, re ceipts being 15,818 barrels, against 12,159 last year. . , I The Now Schedule on tne Carolina Central. The new schedule on the Carolina Central railroad goes into effect to- morrow. It is claimed lor it : 1st. That it enables people along the line of the road to spend four hours and a half in Wilmington and return home the same day. 2d. Gives through con nection to Atlanta,- Ga, Passengers leaving Wilmington at 4 p. m. arrive at Atlanta at 9:30 the next morning ; and leaving Atlanta at 7:10 p. m. arrive at Wilmington at 11:33 the morning lot- lowing. . ' - I : . . . I The Standard Oil Company. The Charlotte! and Wilmington offi ces of the Standard Oil Co. have been consolidated, afld hereafter the clerical work of the company will be done through the Wilmington office. Mr. R. C. Carson, who has so ably managed the affairs of the; company through the territory under his supervision at the Charlotte end of the line, will take charge of the lubricating department, with headquarters in this city. The depot in Charlotte will hereafter be in charge of Mr. Samuel L. Smith, who has filled the position of book-keeper under Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson will take charge of his new department at once. I State Convicts. About one hundred and fifty convicts who have been at work at Rocky Mount grading tracks for the Atlantic Coast Line shops, have been transferred, part to Hamlet, where they will make an ex cavation and lay the foundation for a cotton compress; and part to: the- State farms at Castle ! Hayne. near Wilming ton. MANY LIVES LOST: EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER WORKS NEAR SAN FRANCISCO Property for Miles Around Destroyed One Hundred and Four Persona Sup posed to Have Been Killed. - By Telegraph to the Morning: Star SAN fRANCisco, July 9. An explo sion occurred at the Grant & Judson powder works, at West Berkley shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, destroying the works and much property for several miles around. Five shocks were felt in this city within a few minutes; the last lour being of terrific force, shaking buildings, cracking a' number of walls and breaking plate-glass in buildings eignt diocks away irom tne water front. lire scene 01 tne explosion is twelve .miles from the citv. The giant powder works were completely destroyed. One hundred and eighty men, principally Chinese, were - employed there. . It is now believed one hundred and four persons, were killed, including tnree wmte men. ; the explosion set ad- loining ouildings on hre. and owine to danger ot additional explosions no one is venturing near the works to stop the progress 01 tne names. 1 he hre is in close proximity to a magazine contain ing sou tons of powder, and fear is ex pressed that it. too, may be destroyed. I he body of a Chinaman was found on the railroad track half a mile from the works. The remains of a bov. frisht- Miiy mangled, were found near the scene. Every window in the county jail at uaKiana was Drotcen by the explosion. All windows in the residences in the town of West Berkley were broken, and several buildings were reported de stroyed. At the office of the Grant Powder company in this city it was thought that the Judson works, which are located at Jabeile, about three miles from the Grant works, were safe. The Grant works are located at Point Isabelle and Highlands and comprtse five buildings and three magazines. Of these buildings the acid and nitro glycerine works were destroyed, and at least one magazine Diown up. - utner buildings, not immedi ately destroyed, took fire. .The loss on property will be great. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. The Anti-Option Bill Beferred Back to the Senate by the Committee. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Washington, D. C. July 7 After struggling with the House Anti-Option bill for weeks, the Senate judiciary com mittee this morning, finding itself as far from agreement as when it began the consideration of the bill decided to transfer the whole subject to the Senate, . .. . . ... ana tnereiore directed a bill to be re ported without any recommendation, two members ot the committee were absent chairman Hood and Senator Wilson, of Iowa, and it did - not seem possible to get a majority of the remain ing members to agree on any proposi tion. It might have been different at an earlier stage in the session, with more time for deliberation, but in view of the fact that the committee was ' tacitly pledged in advance to report' speedily upon the bill, efforts to find common ground had to be abandoned. One fact is clear, that the majority of the committee is unfavorable to the pending bill. An adverse report could not be secured, however, tor the reason that some of the Senators who opposed the bill are of the opinion that it would be regarded as the expression of a dis position ot the committee to do noth ing at all in the matter, whereas they are firmly convinced that some legisla tion to prevent speculation in farm pro ducts is necessary, and that a bill can be drawn which will effect this object, and still be free from the charge of unconstitutionality and. injustice to worthy people. Hence the report or dered to-day. The bill will now take its place on the calendar, and it can be reached only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the senate. The neces sary motion can be made any day after the morning hour. JACKSONVILLE'S RIOTERS. Continued Excitement More Troops Or- dered Out Many Arrests Made. By. telegraph to the Morning Star. Jacksonville, Fla., July. 7. Adju tant General Long arrived upon the scene of hostilities last night, just after the shooting of a negro and accidental wounding of private Stout. There was a great deal of excitement on both Sides, and the Adjutant General was fully im pressed with the erravitv ot the situation He therefore telegraphed about 1 a. m. for three additional companies of infan try to report here the Qern City Guards, of Palatka. and onecomoanv each from Gainesville and Starke. The former reported for .duty at 6.30 this morning. There was no outbreak after midnight and to-day everything is quiet as far as appearances go. ' lo-mght. however, armed negroes are expected to congregate again and Gen. Long has ordered a cordon established covering an area of ten blocks about the lail. Abouf forty negroes have been arrested so lar and disarmed. : Among them are two women. 1 wenty cases ot this kind were called in the city police court this morning. The charge against the. prisoners was "carrying concealed weapons and disorderly conduct, in citing a riot," etc. Some of them were turned over to the county authorities and others were either fined or sentenced to ninety days fn jail. This it is thought will have a wholesome effect on the blacks. N COL. H. CLAY KING Refused a New Trial by ' the Supreme Court of Tennessee and Sentenced to be Hanged August 12th. Jackson, TENNuly 7. The Su preme Court to-day overruled the mo tion of Lol. H. Clay King tor a new trial The case was heard a few weeks ago.but owing to the illness of Chief Justice Turney, to-day - was set for delivering opinions in , that and other cases. King came into court this morning accompanied by his wife and son-in-law. He did not look as well as when arraigned in court a few weeks ago, the great anxiety and long confine ment having told on his strong trame. The opinion was read by Justice lurton. The insanity of defendant was heard as not being proven and the theory of self defence was not sustained. Defendant was then remanded to the Sheriff of Shelby county, to be kept in confinement till August 12sh, when, between a. m and 2 p. m he shonld be hung by the neck until dead. ' Raleigh Chronicle: From the revenue office blank bonds for fruit brandy distillers are now being sent out. There will be great numbers of this class of distillers in this district this season. 7T NO. 34 A FEARFUL' FIRE. THE CITY. OF ST. JOHNS, N. F.. AL MOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED. Oyer Six Hundred Houses Burned and the Fire Still Basins-Several Lives IiOst- Damatfe Estimated at Six Million Dollars. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Halifax, tf. S., July 9.- The greater part of St. Johns, N. F., has been wiped out by fire. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a house on Long's Hill was discovered to be on fire. Firemen re sponded promptly to the alarm, but when they arrived a southwest wind that prevailed had caused the fire to spread to an' adjoining building, which was then burning furiously. Desperate ef forts were made to stay the progress of the fire, but it was soon seen that these would prove fruitless. Most of the houses on Long's Hill were very old wooden ones, and they burned with great rapidity. Large burning brands were caught up by the windand carried to roofs of other structures which were soon burning furiously. It was soon seen that the hre department was helpless, and people living" in the path that the fire was destined to take, began ' to remove their portable household effects and val uables, bome ot these people lost their lives by their foolhardiness in returning to tneir nomes wnen tne names were close upon them. While their dwelling houses were burning unhindered, it was lound that the new Methodist College was on fire. Efforts were made to save this building, but they were fruitless. 1 be college was the educational head quarters of the Methodists in New Foundlaud, and its loss will be severely felt by the denomination. By this time the wind was blowiner a gale and the fire was spreading with ap palling rapidity. Buildings situated some distance from the burning struc tures caught fire from the burning em bers, and were destroyed without a hand baing raised to attempt to save them firemen and people were completely paralyzed and the fire did its work of destruction unhindered. It was then growing dark and the scene was magni ficently beautiful though appalling. Building after building caught fire and the whole city was us light as day. The roar Of the flames was terrible and the heat was so intense that it was impossi ble to get anywhere near the burning buildings. Mow and then high and heavy walls would fall,and then immense masses of burning embers would soar upward and be caught by the gale and carried elsewhere to add other buildings to the conflagration.. Men, women and rhildren ran about in terror; and thieves, taking advantage of the coufusion, en tered houses that had been deserted by their occupants and stole whatever they could lay their hands on and carry off, the Masonic lemple, Orange Hall, Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the Bishop's palace, St. Patrick's hall, the English cathedral, the Athenaeum, the Kirk, Commercial bank, Union bank, Atlantic hotel and Linberg's brewery all fell a prey to the devouring element. The English cathedral was a magnificent structure, and was considered the finest piece of gothic architecture on this con tinent. It was yet incomplete, though it had been ntty years in building, Nearly all these buildings were in the center of the city, and before long they were notnmg but masses' of smoking ruins. , In addition to these, the court house, police headquarters , and the Government Savings bank, were de stroyed, as were also the Presbyterian church, and the office of the Telegram, t lames were then raging with increas ing vigor in the direction of the water front, and in a very short time were eat ing up the warehouses along the wharves. Shipping lying at the wharves had been warned ot its danger and the crews ot various vessels hastily cut oft their lines and took their vessels out side the harbor. On one side of the bay are steam seal oil factories and warehouses in which their product is stored. It was thought that these build tngs would catch fire. It was also feared the dry dock and marine railway would be destroyed. lhe hre burned out the telegraph offices and for a time all communication with St. Johns was cut off. This morn mg, however, a telegraph otnee was established temporarily in what they considered a safe part of the city and further details were received. These later dispatches state that the fire had raged all night and threatened to destroy the whole town. It is known, positive ly, that one man one six children per ished, but it is thought that when the terrible excitement that now prevails subsides it wiil be found that the loss of life is much greater. A later dispatch states that the Parlia ment buildings have been destroyed and that at the time the dispatch was sent fully six hundred buildings had. been burned. Many of them were dwelling houses and the occupants have been compelled to seek refuge in the fields Military authorities have furnished them with as many tents as possible, and the civil authorities are doing everything in their power to alleviate the distress. Many of these unfortunate people have lost everything they had in the world and imperative calls will be made upon charity in their behalf. 1 his morning the hre communicated to the Seal Oil factories and stores, and the whole south side of the city was burning. 1 A large fire was coming down fresh Water Valley and the whole popu lation of St. Johns were in an agony of despair, seeing before them the complete extinction ot their city. Private dispatches received here early! stated thas the fire has swept Water. Gromer and Duckworth streets, r rom Bandy Rankins to Signal Hill the only buildings standing are the Union Bank, the Roman Catholic Cathedral and Col lege and Divon Row Railway Depot, About six hundred houses are burned. The loss is thought to be about six mtl- lon dollars. Another dispatch says that fire has broken out in Monkstown, in which are situated the residences of ' the most wealthy inhabitants of the town. The principal street ot. bt. ohns is more than a mile in length, and every building on it was of stone or brick. After the hre in 1846, tne authorities re fused to permit, wooden buildings to be erected on the street. This street has been practically destroyed. From what could be judged from re, ports received here, it is estimated that at least fifteen thousand persons are homeless. LOSS TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS. Halifax, N. S., July 9. At 8.10 to night, telegraphic communication was established between this city ana bt; Johns. The first message received states that the loss by the fire is placed at twenty million dollars. Hickory Press and Carolinian: Deputy Marshal H. W. Jones made a raid Thursday and : captured Henry Poteet, near Jugtown, who was running an illicit distillery, tie gave oona. Friday another arrest was made and Samuel Layel was brought from South mountains for a similar offense. ' Both distilleries were destroyed and - the liquor .confiscated. - SPIRITS "rtJRPhNTINE. ' Charlotte News; The Carolina ' ' Central people are havinsr erected at - V Hamlet a large cotton compress. - Col. - ' ' -F. A. Hicks, who has charcre of the con victs at Hamlet, is laying the tracks to 1 - - reacn tne press. , ;-,--.; ; Washington Gazette: -It is said that more food crops are planted this year in Beaufort county than has been for many decades. This goes to show .! that the people are awakening from long slumber on King cotton's throne. . - - ' Statesville Landmark: ' Light- - "' ning struck a tree in ' the - yard of Mr. Sam Moore, near Amitv. in Chambers. ! . jV burg township, last Thursday night. The I ' tree" stood near his eranarv and the ':r--r:: building caught fire, and a wire clothes line, running from the granary to the ;v smoke-house, carried the current to the ' i ' v smoke-house and set It on fire also." ' Both fires were extineuished before anv J ! damage was doneA - -; Shelby Review: It is said that i - - " the high water during the last week has i - destroyed su.uuo bushels of corn on Buffalo creek. . The continuous i r , v rains that have fallen during the last i - week' are doing great iniurv to the I v1..:- wheat that is shocked, in the fields as ! i well as to the cotton crop. Messrs. ! t J. A. Martin, of Mooresboro. and A. M. . Lattimore, of Lattimoore's, are arrang- ', " . ing for a big excursion from Ruth-- i - ; ! fordton to Wilmington, td run Wednes- . L-v,.- day, July 27th. , ; . - ' Concord Standard: To-day while some heavy beams were being -1. a ... ;.":, moved at the Cannon factory, one of t : them slipped out of the grasp ot some ; v of the workmen, and struck a little son - of Mr. Wm. Plott on the leg, crushing j ;,A,;-r; the bone and mashing the flesh into a i puip. Another car-coupler has A' " ' i been invented by a Cabarrus countv - ! man, which is said to ecliose anvthinrr ! : I oi tne Kina ever yet made. It is said to be complete in every particular, work ing without the aid of human hand. The inventor is Hugh Foster, of near Harrisburg. A patent has been granted a Ma. Foster on his invention. r . - Charlotte Observer: The trade between Evangelist Fife and Mr. Walter JBrem tor the latter s handsome residence " was completed yesterday morning. The . papers were passed, money paid, and the property transferred, Mr. Fife pay ing $8,000 for it. Mr. Cumnaught, superintendent of the Whitney Manu facturing Company of Spartanburg, had a narrow escape from drowning Wednes- aay nignt, tie nas driving in a buggy from the Clinton Mills home, accom- pahied by his colored driver. In at tempting to ford the river they were washed down the stream and over the falls. Both horses were drowned, and Mr. Cumnaught and the negro were al most miraculously saved. - Fayetteville Observer: The C. F. & Y. V. railway warehouse at.' Jonesboro was struck by lightning dur- : . i . i . tm i . on fire, and totally consumed, together with, all the contents, including freight. papers, records, etc. - Mr. t. ti. Meares, of Robeson, charged with hav ing killed two ot his little, helpless children by beating them over the head with a large stick, and severely wound ing three others, was taken from Lum berton jail and lodged in jail here the past week for safe keeping, and to avoid his being lynched. From Sheriff Pitt man, in charge of the prisoner, we learn that Meares is regarded in Robeson and wherever known as a dangerous man. - Scotland Neck Democrat: Mr. Norfleet Smith planted Irish potatoes on some of his river land where it was said potatoes could not be raised. He planted in the hope of fifty barrels to the acre and prepared barrels accordingly; and wnen ne dug nis potatoes he got a hun dred barrels to the acre. A serious hail storm passed over the Grafin farm on the Roanoke river a few davs aero. Major J. B. Neal says that he had about sixty acres of cotton raiaed by the hail. Corft was" not so seriously hurt. The stones were heavy and killed chickens that were in the storm. The track of the storm was not wide and it touched go other farm on this side of the river except the Grafin farm. Weldon News: One day last week while a squad of convicts were re turning from the fields on the Caledonia farm tour of them made a break for lib erty. The guards fired upon them. One waskilled and two were wounded. At one time it was thought that one of the wounded men would die, tfut hje is now out of danger. The wounds of the other were slight. None of them escaped. On Wednesday of last week a serious affray occurred on the farm of Mr. J. B. Brickell. about five miles from town. Two colored boys, each about 15 years of age, became engaged in a quarrel, which resulted in one ot them, Kichard John son, striking the other on the head with a hoe, penetrating the skull. The wound ed bov went about as usual for a few hours, but was seized with convulsions and it was thought he would die at one time. Johnston was arrested and com- ted to jail to await the result, of the blow. The wounded boy is now much better, and it is thought he will recover. ' Morganton Herald: Reports from all over Burke county indicate the heaviest wheat crop for years past. The prospect for corn and tobacco could not be better. The corn crop is grow ing well. Lowland corn has been dam aged a little by the continued rains, but upland crops are doing exceedingly well. There is a curiosity in the btate Hospital piggery that is attracting no little attention. It is a "mule-footed" pig, that instead of parting the hoof as the ordinary pig does, has a hoof like a mule. It is claimed that for some reason this variety will not take the cholera. George foiiard, thirty-five years ot age, ot Linville township, died yester day. His death occurred under peculiar !fi-nmrtQnf-M T .act Tfinrcrlav nrflilA working In his cornfield he complained I - of feeling sick, and laid down to rest un der a Walnut tree. When the men who were working with him went to him a' short time later, they found him deliri- , ous. His left arm was swollen to dou- . ble its size and a small abrasion indi-' cated that he had been bitten by a snake '" or a spider. The swelling in the arm' gradually extended to his body, result- '. mg in his death yesterday morning. . When he was bitten or whether by a snake or a spider, is unknown. Goldsboro Headlight: The con tinued rains of the past two weeks have already damaged the growing crops. - After an illness of two weeks with typhoid fever Mr. H. Y. Moore departed : this life Friday morning at-7;30 o'clock, at his residence on South John street, in "the 80th year of his age. r The un timely demise of Miss bailie fedwards occurred at her home in Fork township, Friday noon, after an illness of twelve days with typhoid fever, aged 24 years. A regular organized band of high way robbers, whose motto was to kill, steal, burn, or do anything that was best to accomplish their ends, was nipped In the bud Thursday by the arrest in Lenoir county of Tom Rouse, Daniel Boone and Jim Mitchell, all white men and ring leaders. Their last perpetration was to steal a fine ox from Mr.-Jas. Waters, of Lenoir county send hird to this city by a colored man and offer him fof sale. While - Matt . Ransom Garris, the ten-year-old son of Ransom Garris, was out boating on Col Jno. W. Isler's mill pond, in New Hope township, Saturday evening, in company; with his brother Barney, aged fourteen, and two other boys named Joshua Price and Floyd Hinson, the boat capsized, precipitating all occupants in the ; water. Mr. Will Long, who was near by, came to their rescue, but not before the younger Gar ris went down several times and down ed. We "are informed that Barney Gar ris, who was steering the boat, was the cause of its capsizing By exhibiting va rious feats with the paddle. t